Open AccessEvaluation of a Biopsy Gun for Guided Biopsy of Impalpable Liver Lesions Using Intraoperative Utrasound
Author(s) -
RM Charnley,
J P Sheffield,
J D Hardcastle
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
hpb surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1607-8462
pISSN - 0894-8569
DOI - 10.1155/1990/56823
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , radiology , liver biopsy , ultrasound , ultrasonography , histology , pathology
A biopsy gun which can be operated by one hand has been evaluated at post-mortem to determine its accuracy in biopsying impalpable lesions within the liver under intraoperative ultrasound control. Of 20 impalpable metastases identified positive histology was obtained in 90% demonstrating that this technique is of value in identifying and localising metastases in the liver.
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